Complete Genome Sequence of the Amino Acid-Fermenting Clostridium propionicum X2 (DSM 1682).

Clostridium propionicumis a strict anaerobic, Gram positive, rod-shaped bacterium that belongs to the clostridial cluster XIVb. The genome consists of one replicon (3.1 Mb) and harbors 2,936 predicted protein-encoding genes. The genome encodes all enzymes required for fermentation of the amino acids α-alanine, ß-alanine, serine, threonine, and methionine.